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- From: Earl.Appleby@p4.f429.n275.z1.fidonet.org (Earl Appleby)
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- Subject: Kudos for Kelly
- Message-ID: <24368@handicap.news>
- Date: 4 Sep 92 20:23:34 GMT
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- ABLEnews PSA
-
- Kudos for Kelly
-
- "Of course, Kelly's a great vaulter.
- It's how she's always dealt with
- life's little obstacles." --Denise Kettles,
- Special Olympian's mom.
-
- Watching Kelly Ann Kettles perform her gymnastic routine is
- anything but routine.
-
- Her technique on the uneven bars is flawless. She performs her
- floor exercises with the grace and agility of a ballet dancer.
- And as for that vaulting horse, Kelly treats it like a bump in
- the rug.
-
- "Piece of cake," shrugs Kelly, after a rather impressive
- dismount. "It's amazing what a bit of training can do."
-
- Amazing indeed. Considering that Kelly's only been training
- seriously since 1988. And, like seven and a half million other
- Americans she was born with mental retardation.
-
- "Kelly's never regarded her condition as a handicap," recounts
- her mother and number one supporter. "To her it's simply one more
- obstacle to overcome."
-
- It's that kind of go-getter attitude that helped Kelly leap her
- way onto the New York Special Olympics Team.
-
- "Being a Special Olympian has done so much for Kelly," says mom.
- "She can't wait to go to training each week."
-
- Since 1968, Special Olympics has enabled nearly three million
- athletes with mental retardation to come together to experience
- the spirit of competition and camaraderie.
-
- It;s an organization whose focus isn't on winning but on
- participation. Where fostering friendships and sharing
- experiences are more important than medals and ribbons.
-
- And it's one organization that Toyota is very proud to be part
- of.
-
- Through donations, fundraising, and by providing volunteers,
- Toyota is helping ensure that New York's special athletes like
- Kelly get the chance to prove to the world and more importantly
- to themselves, that no obstacle is too high to jump. And that no
- race, including the human race, is ever to far to run.
-
- So what comes next for Kelly Ann?
-
- "The World Games, hopefully," beams the young athlete. "I've
- already started my training."
-
- And after that, who knows. But whatever it is, we're pretty sure
- Kelly Ann Kettles will leap that bridge when she comes to it.
-
- Toyota...Investing In the Individual
-
- With a tip of our ABLEnews hat to Toyota and all the folks that
- make the Special Olympics so truly special,
-
- ...For further information, contact CURE, 812 Stephen Street, Berkeley
- Springs, West Virginia 254511 (304-258-LIFE/5433).
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